The Indian Patent space last week witnessed another important change. The Indian Patent Office on December 4, 2018 published Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2018 (hereinafter refereed to as 'Draft Rules') for public comments.

China was the country with the most number of patents published in artificial intelligence (AI), slightly edging the United States and Japan, according to the "China's AI Development Report 2018" released by China Institute for Science and Technology Policy at Tsinghua University. These three countries combined account for 74% of the world's total of AI patents published.

The Indian Patent space last week witnessed another important change. The Indian Patent Office on December 4, 2018 published Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2018 (hereinafter refereed to as 'Draft Rules') for public comments.

On 24 January 2018, Malawi's President assented to the new Trademarks Act, no. 2 of 2018. The Act intends to modernise the protection of trade marks by incorporating new developments in the field of intellectual property in the country.